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Police officer accused of stealing meals from Sulhamstead centre

A THAMES Valley Police officer is accused of stealing food from his work canteen only one week into his new job.




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Why you could be fined up to £5,000 for picking wildflowers on a daily walk

Those taking their government-approved daily walk have been warned not to pick wildflowers - or risk facing an eye-watering £5,000 fine.




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Kudos in Wheatley offering platform for coronavirus research

AN OXFORDSHIRE business is offering a platform for scientists to share their research on coronavirus.




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Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Netflix: 2020 films to watch at home while cinemas are shut

While the lockdown continues across the UK - streaming giants Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Netflix have added a number of new movies which were originally due to premiere in cinemas.




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Oxford MP Layla Moran urges Government to do more to help students in crisis

AN Oxford MP has called on the government to do more to help students who fall on hard times.




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Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing man last seen at Blenheim Palace

Thames Valley Police is appealing for help in locating a missing man from Oxfordshire.




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Police appeal for help in search for man missing from Banbury

Thames Valley Police is appealing for help in locating a missing man from Banbury.




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Police praise jail terms handed to pair for 'insane' west Oxfordshire crime spree

POLICE have praised the jail terms handed to two men who launched a drink and drug-fuelled ‘campaign of terror’ across west Oxfordshire.




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Oxford's Blain caught in love quadrangle on First Dates Hotel

IN WHAT has been described as the ‘biggest plot twist since Line of Duty’ this week First Date viewers watched as Oxford’s Blain became the centre of a complicated love quadrangle.




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Fears lack of testing in Oxford care homes is fuelling virus spread

THERE are fears a lack of promised testing for residents and staff is fuelling the spread of coronavirus in Oxford's care homes.




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Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings

Thomas M. Grace

The radical notion that repression breeds resistance was borne out at Kent State in the years after the killings.

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I Believe Tara Reade. And You Should, Too.

Kate Manne

We already knew that Biden is the type. Had we as voters and had the Democratic Party taken this seriously, we wouldn’t be in this mess now.

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Why Are Republicans Stampeding to Reopen?

Sasha Abramsky

They’re following the lead of Trump, who encourages gun-toting protesters, blames immigrants and China, and demonizes the media.

The post Why Are Republicans Stampeding to Reopen? appeared first on The Nation.




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The Worlds of Edward Said

Rashid Khalidi

An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.

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How Should Unions Organize?

E. Tammy Kim

In A Collective Bargain, Jane McAlevey makes the case for strike-ready unions and whole worker organizing. But in an age of globalized economies and climate change, is this enough?

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Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness

Maggie Doherty

Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.

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Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga

Lovia Gyarkye

In her new memoir, Broom reconstructs not only her family’s history in New Orleans but also the larger arc of black experience in the South.

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The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology

Jennifer Wilson

Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and their circle sought to show the fallacy of biological and physical difference, but they also created new forms of categorization that reinforced their underlying biases.

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The Inner Life of American Communism

Corey Robin

Vivian Gornick’s and Jodi Dean’s books mine a lost history of comradeship, determination, and intimacy.

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Letters From the May 18/25, 2020, Issue

Our Readers

Neither snow nor rain nor Covid-19… On holding your nose… Progress v. progressive values… Essential tributes… No more neoliberalism…

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Scenes From a Pandemic: 6

Taté Walker

If the coronavirus is a wildfire, colonialism has fueled the blaze.

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Carrie Fisher’s Inimitable Voice

Quinn Moreland

Her books display a rare gift for making life’s bleakest moments less humiliating without diminishing their gravity.

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No Student Deserves to Fail During a Pandemic

Max Kalnitz

Students across the country are pushing for their schools to adopt a universal pass system, arguing that online classes put underprivileged students at a disadvantage.

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Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Zephyr Teachout

The Nation

Join the anti-corruption leader in discussion with Nation editorial director/publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel for our weekly virtual series.

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